Congratulations on starting your studies at Flinders!

We are excited to support you as you begin your academic journey at Flinders. As an online student, orientation is an essential step in preparing for your studies. Now you've completed your admin tasks and enrolled in topics, it’s a good time to get familiar with all Flinders has to offer, including our online learning environment - Flinders Learning Online (FLO), setting up a good foundation for academic success, where to get help, what services are available to support you and what our different systems and applications are used for.

Your learning environment

Flinders Learning Online (FLO)

Flinders Learning Online, commonly referred to as FLO, is the learning management system used at Flinders. FLO is the main platform you will use to access your learning materials.

More information about FLO

FLO support

Call: 1800 172 791

Chat with a support representative

Email: flo@flinders.edu.au

Find out about your topics

Each topic you are enrolled in has its own FLO site. This is where you'll find the specific information about each of your topics' requirements, including:

which textbooks you need,
assignment due dates,
who your Topic Coordinator is, and how to contact them,
assignment and assessment grades,
and much more!

We recommend you visit each of your topic pages and get familiar with the layout and specific details to ensure you can hit the ground running when you start your studies.

You can access FLO under the 'My systems' section of Compass.

Access FLO

Good foundations for academic success

There is so much information available, but how do you know if it's from a reputable source? Not sure where to start looking for resources and information to include in your assignments? What about using artificial intelligence to help? Worried about staying motivated while juggling all life's competing demands?

These are just some of the questions you may have as you embark on your studies.

Don't fret! We have a range of resources available to help answer these questions and more. Check out our video library and online resources to help set you off on the right path for success.

Using AI

How to succeed with integrity

Contract cheating - Part 1

Careers at Flinders

Contract cheating - Part 2

Horizon Professional Development Award

The Learning Toolkit

Like a Boss - Managing stress

Academic Integrity videos

Student Learning Support videos

Online Study Guides

Study Skills Workshops and Modules

Help and support services

Whether you need some assistance developing your study skills, want to speak with someone about a personal matter, or explore your career options after graduation, Flinders has a range of help available via our support services and self-service resources to ensure you achieve success, whatever success means to you.

Visit our Flinders Online Support Directory for information about the different services available. Most of our services and support teams have options to speak with our experts online. Details about when they are available and whether you need to book an appointment to speak with someone are available online.

If you're not sure where to go to access the help you're after, please contact Flinders Connect and they can refer you to the right area.

More information about support services

Get in touch

Flinders University Support Services

Navigating the different systems, applications and platforms

Flinders has a range of systems, applications and platforms available to our students. Some of them you must use, such as the Student System and FLO, while others you can use if you want to. We've put together a list of the most commonly used systems and a brief description of what they are used for:

System	Description
Compass	Compass if your personalised student webpage. Compass provides you with easy access to Flinders systems, your GPA and links to your course and topic information.
eduroam	eduroam is the wifi network used at Flinders. eduroam is a global wireless network that provides users with mobility between participating institutions’ wireless infrastructures, while removing the administration burden of managing guest access. This means you can use your Flinders FAN and password to access the eduroam network at any participating institution. This includes a number of health and education institutions around Australia and globally.
Flinders Learning Online (FLO)	FLO is the main learning platform and is the main system used for delivering your topic related materials. Each of your topics will have its own page in FLO and you will also have access to a range of other FLO topics that have been created to support your overall experience at Flinders.
Library FindIt	findit@flinders is a great place to start searching for information in our library – books, articles, videos, book chapters, and more. Login to save favourites, place requests, and more.
Mahara	Mahara is a personal online platform that stays with you for the duration of your time here at Flinders. It is an online space where you can join up the dots between different things and show progress over time, and a place to organise and showcase your work. It belongs to the account holder - this means you control all your settings and who sees what.
Office365	Current Flinders students can obtain Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus through their Flinders account. Office 365 ProPlus comes with a full version of Office and familiar Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and more. Office 365 ProPlus is a user-based service and allows students to install on up to five PCs or Macs, and five tablets. Students will also be able use OneDrive for Business (cloud storage).
Outlook	As a Flinders student, you are provided with a Flinders email account. We encourage you to check your Flinders email regularly, as this is the account we will use to send you official University correspondence.
SendIt - Off Campus Library Service	The SendIt service supports online in accessing physical library resources by mail or email, which supplements existing online access to the majority of the library’s books and journals.
Student System	The main administrative system at Flinders. You can manage your personal details, fees and financial information and enrolment in the Student System, as well as view your Academic Transcript.
Turnitin	Flinders University uses Turnitin as its text-matching software program. Text-matching software identifies either similar or exact matches between submitted work and other digital material. As text-matching software can also be a valuable learning tool, text-matching is also available to all students via FLO (Flinders Learning Online) for checking draft assignments.

For further information about the different systems, applications and platforms available, visit student computing.

Flinders Online Orientation

Congratulations on starting your studies at Flinders!

Your learning environment

Flinders Learning Online (FLO)

FLO support

Find out about your topics